广东省深圳市罗湖区翠园实验学校、桂圆中学等学校2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中英语试题
展开Every April, there is a special day in China. It’s called the Qingming Festival,als called Tmb-Sweeping Day. On that day,peple ____1____ and hnr their ancestrs.
Qingming is a ____2____ Chinese festival. It has a lng histry. It began 2000 years ag. A famus pem ____3____ the Tang Dynasty pet Du Mu describes the day: “Rain falls heavily as Qingming cmes,and passers-by in lw spirits g.”
Tmb-Sweeping Day has been a public ____4____ n the Chinese mainland since 2008. On this day, ____5____ bring flwers, fd and wine t their ancestrs’ tmbs. They put fd like cakes and fruits in frnt f the tmbs. After that, they ____6____ the dirt ff the tmbs and remember their dead family members. ____7____ d Chinese peple d this? That’s because peple think visiting tmbs is t ____8____ respect fr the dead.
Hwever, Tmb-Sweeping Day is nt nly abut this. During that time, the weather is becming ____9____. Peple are als able t garden and enjy utdr activities. Families ften ____10____ fr utings r fly kites at this time.
1. A. rememberB. meetC. seeD. find
2. A. ppularB. famusC. traditinalD. terrible
3. A. frB. byC. withD. as
4. A. weekendB. weekdayC. jurneyD. hliday
5. A. classesB. familiesC. friendsD. grups
6. A. turnB. keepC. sweepD. g
7. A. WhyB. WhenC. WhereD. Wh
8. A. bringB. shwC. makeD. take
9. A. warmerB. clderC. clerD. shrter
10. A. have funB. wrk nC. get tgetherD. wrk as
Ⅱ.阅读理解(40 分)第一节 阅读下列短文,从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并将其标号填入题前的括号内。(共 15 小题,每小题 1.5 分)
A Chinese knt is a knt that is wven (编) frm a single rpe t be different shapes. Each shape has its wn meaning. Nw yu can see it as a decratin (装饰物) r a gift fr friends. Peple can use different clurs t weave a Chinese knt, but they usually chse red because it means gd luck.
The Chinese knt has a lng histry. Peple might have first made them t recrd infrmatin and send messages befre they started t use wrds. It is well-knwn that the knts were used fr decratin and t express thughts and feelings in the Tang dynasty. They were later ppular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. But it was nt until the Qing dynasty that this art became really accepted by mst peple.
Even tday, Chinese knts are rich in different meanings, and they hld sentimental (情感的) value when gifted r passed dwn thrugh families. Fr example, lvers may give a knt t shw their lve. The “duble happiness knt” is given and used at weddings t express each ther’s lve and wishes fr grwing ld tgether.
Many freign turists like t buy Chinese knts as gifts when they return hme. Yiwu Cmmdity (商品) Market in Zhejiang prvince is ne f the millins f places with all kinds f beautiful Chinese knts.
11. Which part f a Chinese knt mainly shws its different meaning?
A. The clur.B. The shape.C. The rpe.D. The size.
12. When did Chinese knts becme cmmn?
A. In the Tang dynasty.
B. In the Sng dynasty.
C. In the Ming dynasty.
D. In the Qing dynasty.
13. Why is the duble happiness knt mentined?
A. T shw the steps t weave it.
B. T shw Chinese knts’ rich meanings.
C. Because it is used in almst every family.
D. Because it’s the mst ppular f Chinese knts.
14. Frm the last paragraph, what we knw abut buying Chinese knts in China?
A. cnvenientB. expensiveC. meaningfulD. imprtant
15. In which part f a newspaper may yu read the passage?
A. Magic Wrld.
B. Scientific Study.
C. Schl Time.
D. Traditinal Culture.
Have yu ever heard the sund f a hummingbird? They make a buzzing nise when they fly. They make this nise because they beat their wings s fast. They beat their wings up t 80 times a secnd. All that flapping makes a lt f nise. That’s why we call them hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds fly in a unique way. They mve their wings s fast that they can hver. This means that they can stay in ne spt in the middle f the air, like a helicpter. Smetimes they fly upside dwn. They are the nly bird that flies backward.
Hummingbirds are small. One type called the bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the wrld. Bee hummingbirds weigh less than a penny. They are just a little bit bigger than bees. I guess that’s why they get their name.
Hummingbirds mve fast. It takes lts f energy t mve as fast as they d. This means that they need t eat a lt f fd. Their favrite fd is nectar, a sweet liquid (液体) inside f sme flwers. They drink mre than their wn weight f nectar daily. They have t visit hundreds f flwers t get enugh nectar t live.
Hummingbirds help flwers t. They get pllen (花粉) n their heads and bills (鸟嘴) when they feed. Flwers use pllen t make seeds. Hummingbirds help pllen get frm ne flwer t the next. This helps flwers make mre seeds. Mre seeds mean mre flwers. Mre flwers mean mre fd fr hummingbirds. Isn’t it nice hw that wrks ut?
16. Why are they called hummingbirds?
A. They are very light.
B. They sing when they fly.
C. Their wings make a humming sund.
D. Their sngs sund like humming.
17. Which best defines the wrd “hver” as used in Paragraph 2?
A. T stay in ne place in the air.
B. T clean an area cmpletely.
C. An animal that lks like a helicpter.
D T mve the wings very fast.
18. Which is the main idea f Paragraph 4?
A. Smething mve fast.
B. Hummingbirds like eating nectar.
C. Hummingbirds use lts f energy and eat ften.
D. Hummingbirds drink as much as their wn weight in nectar every day.
19. Hw d hummingbirds help flwers?
A. They drink nectar frm ne flwer t the next.
B. They eat pllen frm every flwer.
C. They bring pllen frm ne flwer t the next.
D. They plant seeds frm ne place t the next.
20. Which f the fllwing is the best title f this passage?
A. Sme interesting facts abut small birds.
B. Hw birds and flwers wrk tgether.
C Bee hummingbirds: the wrld’s smallest birds.
D. Hummingbirds: unique and helpful.
Oil paper umbrellas have a histry f ver 1,000 years in China. And Yuhang il paper umbrellas have been famus fr mre than 230 years. It usually takes mre than 70 steps and at least a week t make a Yuhang il paper umbrella. Each umbrella has 36 ribs(伞骨), s the umbrellas are strng. In 2007, this kind f umbrella was added t Zhejiang Prvince’s intangible cultural heritage list (非物质文化遗产名录).
In 2015, Liu Weixue left a well-paid jb t learn the art f making Yuhang il paper umbrellas frm his grandfather. “I’d like t bring the art t life,” Liu said. “When it rains, smene uses the umbrella—that’s what I want t see.”
As the usual paper is easy t break, Liu used a thicker kind f paper. In a test, his umbrellas were pened and clsed 1,000 times withut breaking. He als used a lighter kind f bamb t make ribs s that the umbrellas culd weigh less.
Liu hpes the art can be passed n. He ges t the schls t teach students in Yuhang, Hangzhu. He als shws up at activities in different places t shw mre peple abut the art.
Ding Anqi, a middle schl student, is frm Hangzhu. “I tk classes t learn t make Yuhang il paper umbrellas last term. Mr Liu tld us abut the histry f the umbrellas and the steps t make them. We drew pictures fr the umbrella cver in grups. It tk us five classes t finish the umbrella. It was really interesting,” she said.
21. What d we knw abut Yuhang il paper umbrellas?
A. They can be fund in the wrld’s intangible cultural heritage list.
B. They have the lngest histry f all in China.
C. It is difficult t make them.
D. They are light and weak.
22. Why did Liu Weixue learn t make Yuhang il paper umbrellas?
A. Because it was a well-paid jb.
B. Because his family wrked n it.
C. Because he wanted t make it an art.
D. Because he hped mre peple culd use them.
23. What des the third paragraph mainly talk abut?
A. Hw Liu passed n the art t thers.
B. Hw Liu imprved the umbrellas.
C. Hw Liu learnt the traditinal skill.
D. Hw many umbrellas Liu made.
24. What can we learn frm the last paragraph?
A. It’s ppular t make il paper umbrellas in many schls.
B. Wrking in grups is a gd way f making il paper umbrellas.
C. Ding Anqi was interested in making the umbrella.
D. Liu is very gd with yung students.
25. What is the purpse f the passage?
A. T intrduce a craftsman wh makes Yuhang il paper umbrellas.
B T encurage us t make sme il paper umbrellas.
C. T tell us the imprtance f Chinese culture.
D. T shw hw t make il paper umbrellas.
第二节
阅读全文,并从下列六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中,使原文的意思完整、连贯,并将其标号填入题前的括号内。
Yu’ve been learning wrds since yu were a tiny baby. At first, yu learned them nly by hearing ther peple talk. Nw that yu’re a reader, yu have anther way t learn wrds. What shuld yu d when yu cme t a wrd and yu think yu dn’t knw what it means? ____26____
Say it
First, sund it ut. Then say it t yurself. ____27____
Smetimes yu knw a wrd in yur head but yu dn’t knw what it lks like in print. S if yu match up what yu knw and what yu read—yu have the wrd!
Use cntext
If this desn’t wrk, take the next step: lk at the cntext—the ther wrds and sentences arund it. Read this sentence: When it rained, the dg lked fr shelter in the drway. ____28____
Rain and in the drway might give yu helpful infrmatin.
____29____
If the cntext desn’t help, lk at the parts f the wrd. Des it have any parts yu knw? These can help yu understand what it means. If yu dn’t knw the meaning f miner, try lking at parts f the wrd. Fr example, -er at the end f a wrd means “a persn wh des smething”. S a miner might be smene wh wrks in a mine.
Lk it up
If the three steps abve dn’t wrk, yu can lk it up. ____30____—either a bk r nline. Nbdy knws the meaning f every wrd, but gd readers knw hw t understand wrds they dn’t knw.
A. Use wrd parts.
B. Thrw away the wrds.
C. It might sund like a wrd yu knw.
D. Yu can find the wrd in a dictinary.
E. Fllwing sme easy steps can help yu.
F. If the wrd shelter desn’t lk familiar, lk at the wrds arund it.
第三节 信息匹配 (共 5小题,每小题 1.5 分)
下面的材料A~F分别介绍了不同的中国传统技艺,请根据五个人的需求,帮助五个人选出他们感兴趣的传统技艺。
31. ________ Tina cmes frm Lndn. It’s the first time that she has spent the Spring Festival in China. She’s interested in paper cutting.
32. ________ Betty’s Chinese friend has invited her t watch a shadw puppet play called Jurney t the West. She can’t wait t watch it.
33. ________ Henry is studying in Hangzhu. Since he went there last year, he has liked drinking tea. He wants t knw abut tea rasting technique.
34. ________ Li Na likes flying kites in spring. Her mther says she will take Li t Weifang, a city in Shandng Prvince. Li desn’t knw why.
35. ________ It was Chen Ming’s grandpa’s 65th birthday last Sunday. A big dugh peach and sme small nes surprised Chen at the birthday party.
第二部分 非选择题Ⅲ. 语法填空(共1小题, 每小题10分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Speaking f rabbits, many peple may think f a famus cartn character: Bugs Bunny. This grey-and-white rabbit makes a gd ____36____ (impress) n the audience.
In 1938, the happy rabbit first appeared in a shrt cartn called Prky’s Hare Hunt. ____37____ film was directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Daltn.
In 1940, the rabbit was shwn t the wrld in the film A Wild Hare with the name Bugs. Bugs’ first vice actr Mel Blanc ate carrts while he was recrding his lines ____38____ (make) sure he sunded like a real rabbit.
Bugs’ ____39____ (appear) in Jnes’ Elmer’s Pet Rabbit finally intrduced the audience t the name Bugs Bunny. It came frm Ben Hardaway, whse nickname (昵称) was “Bugs”.
Bugs Bunny ____40____ (cnsider) a natinal masct in America during Wrld War II. His free and easy attitude raised up peple’s ____41____ (spirit). Peple then had fun ____42____ (see) Bugs Bunny n screen.
In 2002, TV Guide, ne f ____43____ (ppular) magazines in America, made a list f the 50 greatest cartn characters f all time. And Bugs Bunny was N.1. Later a TV Guide editr explained, “Bugs is nt nly a great cartn character, but als a great cmedian. He makes peple ____44____ (jy) and encuraged. S far, the funny rabbit ____45____ (win) the hearts f a large number f peple all ver the wrld.”
Ⅳ. 书面表达
46. 假如你是李明,你有一个美国笔友Lucy来深圳游玩。你打算邀请她一起参加下个月的深圳博物馆中国传统艺术展览的志愿者工作,请你介绍展览基本内容,并说明你也想参加的原因,并邀请她一起做志愿者。
写作要求:
1)不得使用真实的姓名和学校名。
2)可适当加入细节,使内容充实,行文连贯。
3)字迹工整、语言精练、表达准确、条理清晰。
4)至少80词。
Dear Lucy,
Hw are yu ding?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes.
Yurs,
Li Ming
A. Shadw puppet plays
Shadw puppet plays are a type f Chinese art. Shadw puppets are made f hard leather, and the leather is cut ut in the shape f a persn r an animal. Each puppet is put n a stick.
B. Paper cutting
Paper cutting has a lng histry in China. Usually red paper and scissrs are required t make paper cuttings. The patterns are ften abut smething nice. They mean gd wishes.
C. Kites
Weifang Internatinal Kite Festival is held every year in Weifang. It’s said that Weifang is the birthplace f Chinese kites. Mzi made a bird ut f wd, and it was the first kite in histry.
D. Fd made frm dugh
Chinese peple can make different fd with dugh, especially n the birthday f the elders. Chinese peple ften make a big dugh peach. It means health and a lng life.
E Kngming lanterns
Accrding t Chinese histry, Zhuge Liang first used the lanterns. Nw Kngming lanterns are made f bamb and cvered with paper. They are a symbl f happiness and gd wishes.
F. Tea rasting technique
Tea rasting technique can make tea taste gd. It’s als an imprtant part f the culture. Peple have t tuch tea leaves t feel hw much water has been remved.
1)展览内容
欣赏中国传统艺术作品
观看皮影戏 (shadw puppet plays)
……(自行补充一个活动内容)
2)参加原因
热衷于参加志愿者工作
非常热爱中国传统文化
3)邀请Lucy一起到深圳博物馆做志愿者。
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